UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Ministry of Rural Development Notifies 375 Permissible Works under VB–G RAM G

Q1. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Under VB–G RAM G, a general-category State bears part of the cost of wages for every person-day of work generated in it.
  2. The Constitution of India fixes the ratio in which the Union and the States share the cost of Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q2. With reference to the financing design of VB–G RAM G, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A North-Eastern State bears a smaller share of the cost of a given volume of work than a general-category State generating the same volume.
  2. The ceiling on central funding is fixed separately for each State and revised every financial year, rather than set once for the whole scheme period.
  3. Once a State exhausts its normative allocation, further expenditure continues to be shared between the Union and the State in the usual ratio.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 3 only

Q3. With reference to the right to work in India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Because Article 41 is non-justiciable, Parliament cannot make the provision of work a legally enforceable obligation of the State.
  2. Article 41, which refers to securing the right to work, cannot itself be enforced by any court.
  3. The enforceable entitlement to days of employment under VB–G RAM G derives from the statute rather than from Article 41 itself.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 3 only

Q4. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Ice stupas are a water-storage technique suited to hot arid regions such as western Rajasthan, where they hold monsoon runoff for the dry season.
  2. The conical form of an ice stupa gives it a small surface area relative to its volume, so the stored ice melts slowly.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q5. With reference to water-security works permitted under VB–G RAM G, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Recharge shafts and injection wells are intended to add water to aquifers below the surface rather than hold it in an open reservoir.
  2. Gully plugs are built mainly to impound large volumes of water for year-round canal irrigation.
  3. Artificial glaciers store winter stream water as ice so that it becomes available when spring sowing begins.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q6. The new Schedule under VB–G RAM G includes works for extreme weather events and disaster preparedness. Consider the following works: Which of the works given above would count as risk-reduction measures taken ahead of a hazard, rather than response or recovery after it?

  1. Restoring rural roads and water structures damaged by a flood
  2. Raising earthen embankments along a flood-prone stream
  3. Clearing fuel-buffer strips around forest patches near villages
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q7. Forest 'fire lines', now among the permissible works under VB–G RAM G, help limit forest fires mainly by

  • A. planting moisture-retaining broadleaf species along a strip so that local humidity rises in summer
  • B. aligning cleared corridors along a strip so that prevailing winds are diverted away from the forest
  • C. storing water in lined trenches along a strip so that it can be pumped onto a fire once detected
  • D. removing combustible vegetation along a strip so that an advancing fire runs out of material to burn